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>...it makes the revenue numbers the industry has to hit higher... Yes. But. Industry can miss its revenue targets, Oracle can go bankrupt (looking more and more likely) OpenAI, Anthropic and Space…

Very moving story. I would like to know what the causes of drought were I have read the Swiss glaciers are retreating (as they are all over) so less water in the source. What about back in the day?…

Probably.

Slave owning misogynistic violent elitists Yea, nah

The moral panic is about harm to children, when the harm to everybody is apparent These companies are vulnerable to regulation because they must sell advertising in every market they operate in. We co…

Forgive my naivety... What are the units? $1.4000 for how many input tokens?

I have been following this in English news. It is terribly sad. The University of Cambridge is largely to blame for letting this troubled person dig himself in so deep. His astounding claims were asto…

A carbon tax would have been a fantastic solution in the 1990s It is too late now. There are no pare to optimal solutions left

1. My food does not, why does yours 2. There are many alternatives to fossil diesel 3. The alternatives involved decentralised technology, so is actively opposed by entrenched interests who would burn…

The system will not survive another decade burning fossil fuels.

> That’s in sharp contrast to Amazon’s commitment to reach net-zero emissions by 2040... Liars

Yes, mostly true But there is still journalism. * Propublica * The Economist * The Guardian * 404 Media Life is much harder for journalist now, and joining g the "darkside" of PR is the best…

When? Where?

Yes, it is a tool. "Normal"? It will cause huge disruption on its way to increasing efficiency, and if we maintain our freedoms, increasing welfare. But: AI cannot do your job Your boss bou…

How long is it we had private bedrooms? Not that long ago we would all have been very used to watching people have sex.

I have just finished chapter 2. About congress overriding safety concerns for their personal convenience Air traffic controllers' concerns were shutdown by the FAA because of "politics"…

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> Sometimes yes, sometimes no. An economist....

> so I’m a bit odd I guess No. You, and I, are sensible....

I drink black coffee, no sugar I'm not "going nuts" over energy drinks, but the key ingredient is not caffeine, it is sugar The evidence has been mounting for decades, sugary drinks are…

This report is about something completely different

Good on them. More civilised than their northern neighbors

Totally depends on what you define money as. If "money" is the some function of all outstanding credit, then yes, it is created (mostly) by bank lending If you define money as a web of trust…

> The airline industry since its birth has had a collective net loss True. But it has added enormous benefits to many other parts of the economy. Airlines do not capture that value. That is where t…

> As a retail investor, you should buy an index fund and then forget about it. That definitely was true. I am unsure it is still true. Index funds have taken so much of the trade volume the are bec…

> unprecedented amounts of corruption... Yes I hear about that a lot. Yuk But I also hear that FIFA puts a lot of resources into developing the game in African countries. I am asking: Is that true …

> To be fair, everything is Chinese made Yes. Chinese manufacturing is quite a phenomenon, useful and everywhere But to be completely fair, a $40 video projector has a warning label. The price